Life Recovery Systems

Our mission is to provide the most effective method of Therapeutic Hypothermia (cooling) for victims of stroke and cardiac disease.

  • Stage $1M in TTM Revenue
  • Industry Medical Devices and Equipment
  • Location Kinnelon, NJ, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded January 2003
  • Employees 4
  • Website life-recovery.com

Company Summary

Life Recovery Systems is a New Jersey-based company that develops, produces, and sells medical devices. Our first product is the ThermoSuit® System, an FDA-cleared patient cooling device that provides the fastest non-invasive cooling on the market. Numerous studies support that rapid cooling is beneficial to certain patients. LRS intends to achieve financial growth through aggressive marketing of the ThermoSuit System to worldwide markets.

Team

  • Robert J. Freedman, M.D.
    President

    Dr. Freedman co-founded Life Recovery Systems and co-invented the ThermoSuit device. He attended Tulane University and Baylor College of Medicine. He was a Flight Surgeon and trained in Cardiology at UTHSC in Houston. He is the founder of Freedman Memorial Cardiology in LA where he practices interventional cardiology. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and served on the Board of Governors for the College.

  • Robert B. Schock, Ph.D.
    Chief Technical Officer

    Dr. Schock is a co-founder of LRS and co-inventor of the ThermoSuit System. He received a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from RPI. He has over 20 years of experience leading R&D groups in cardiac assist, critical care and anesthesia. He was the Director of Advanced Research for the Cardiac Assist Division at Datascope Corp. Previously he managed an R&D Group for Mallinckrodt. He has authored over 25 U.S. patents and numerous publications.

  • Ellyn Elson
    CEO

    Ellyn Elson is LRS’ CEO and brings over 45 years of extensive management and corporate experience to the organization. She has been the CEO for 4 previous national and international companies, with Computrition, Inc. being her last company prior to her five year retirement. By education and training Mrs. Elson is a Registered Dietitian with a degree in Institutional Management and Dietetics from the University of Alabama and completed her Dietet

Advisors

  • Charles S. Weems, Esq.
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    Ken Wasmer
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Robert J. Freedman, Jr.. M.D.
    Unconfirmed
    David Baker, M.D.
    Unconfirmed
    Robert B. Schock, Ph.D.
    Unconfirmed

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